Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-04-01
The CrOp-Lien BillS

The following bill was passed at the
recent session of the Legislature, for the
purpose of securing dealers and enabling
farmers to obtain seed on credit. 1t will
be observed that its provisions for the
punishment of fraud are very strong. It
leaves no chance for swinding and will
be the means of many Dakota farmers
obtaining seed who could not have given
other security:
Section l. Any person, copartnersh,p,
association or corporation who shall fur
nish to any person wheat, oats, barley
rye. corn, flax, or potatoes, to be sown or
planted upon any lands owned, used. oc-
cupied or rented by such person, shall
have u lien only upon the crop produced
from the kind Of seed furnished by such
person upon the lands aforesaid, uron
filing the notice hereinafter specified tc
secure payment for the seed so furnished.
Sec. 2. Such liens shall have priority
in the order of the filing thereof, and
shall have preference over all other liens
and membranes upon said crops Gre
ated subsequent to the passage and ap-
proval of this act, if filed within thirty
days after the seed grain is furnished.
Sec. 3. Any person. copartnership, as
sociation or corporation entitled to a lien
under this act shall make an account in.
writing stating the quantity of seed fur
nished in bushels by kind and the value
thereof. the name Of the person to whom
furnished, and description of the land
upon which the same has been or IS to
be planted or sOwn, and, after making
oath to the correctness of the account,
shall file the same in the office of register
of deeds of the county where the person
to VIII ON such seed is furnished resides,
except when such person resides in an n
organized county and in such case said
statement shall be filed in the county to
which said unorganized county shall be
attached for judicial purposes.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the reg
lister of deeds to file and enter said state
ment in tho manner required by law for
the fling and entry of chattel mortgages,
and he shall be entitled to a fee of ten
cents therefor. And the fling of said
statement in conformity to this act op-
crates as a notice to all subsequent pur-
chasers and membranes of said prop.
erty.
| Sec. s. Whenever the conditions Of the
agreement in pursuance of which the
seed was furnished have been broken,
the SAID lien may be foreclosed by sale
of the property embraced IN said lien,
upon the notice and in the manner pros
vided by law for the foreclosure of chat
tel mortgages. Provided, That this act
shall not be so construed as to prevent the
foreclosure of said lien by action.
Sec. 6. Any person who shall obtain
wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, flaxseed, or
potatoes. as aforesaid, to be sown or
planted, and who shall use the same or
any part thereof, without the written
consent OF the party who furnished seed
aforesaid, for any other purpose, shall
be deemed guilty Of mlsdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be pun
ishcd by imprisonment in the county Jail
not exceeding six months, or by a fine
not exceeding $500, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Sec, T. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
and approval.
| Approved March II, 1887,